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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—APRIL 24, 2023 7 City Administrator Perrault reported the solicitation went to the JDA for approval, per the bylaws and the reps of the JDA represent the City at that meeting. Councilmember Holden indicated the City reps choose not to require any City scoring or input on this project. City Administrator Perrault stated he could not speak to that. Councilmember Holden expressed frustration with the fact she was asking a question and staff was not providing her, an elected official with any information. Mayor Grant stated Administrator Perrault served as the Development Director for the JDA. Councilmember Holden stated she would like an answer to her question. City Administrator Perrault reported he had provided an answer. Councilmember Holden requested a JDA representative provide her with information on where the City's criteria and goals were for the sale of the thumb property. Councilmember Fabel explained the development plan and zoning code has criteria. He stated the RFP calls the attention of potential developers to refer to these documents to learn what the City and County have prescribed for this property. Councilmember Holden expressed frustration with the fact the City would not be involved in scoring this project, or in setting any goals or objectives for this development. She asked where the 1,700 to 2,200 units on TCAAP came from. City Administrator Perrault stated this was discussed at a JDA advisory committee meeting. He noted the intent was to have an additional range of densities that were plausible within the AUAR which was between 1,500 to 2,500 units and to give a range of options to explore with the developer. Mayor Grant reported the JDA chose to meet only six times over 2023 and has elected to limit discussions to the JDA to only two minutes, which was a short period of time. He asked if the JDA would allow residents to speak for more than two minutes on May 1. City Administrator Perrault stated he was not certain, noting this would be a special JDA worksession. He stated Chair Wicklund has stated his intention for all future JDA meetings was to allow the public to speak for up to three minutes. Mayor Grant asked that staff gather all documents regarding the County RFP for the thumb property and have these distributed to the Council. City Administrator Perrault noted all of these documents were available on the Rice Creek Commons website.